{"id":765,"date":"2016-06-03T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:42:43","slug":"wordpress-customizer-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-customizer-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the WordPress Customizer: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the WordPress Customizer, you can drastically change the appearance and functionality of your WordPress website from one manageable interface. That includes making changes to page elements such as\u00a0your site title, background image, menus, fonts, colors, and more.<\/p>\n

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In this post, we’ll first briefly show you how to access the WordPress Customizer<\/a>, and then we’ll dive heavy into the basics of how to use it<\/a>,\u00a0by walking you through its most powerful features:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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How to access the Customizer in WordPress<\/h2>\n

To get to the Customizer, navigate to Appearance\u00a0\/\u00a0Customize<\/em>\u00a0from your WordPress dashboard.\u00a0You will be taken directly to the Customizer interface, with your theme preview on the right, and the Customizer menu on the left:<\/p>\n

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How to use the Customizer in WordPress<\/h2>\n

Now that you have accessed your Customizer page, let’s take a look at how to use the Customizer to quickly launch or modify a website.<\/p>\n

Just one more thing before we get cracking\u00a0– note that the Customizer’s functionality relies largely on how much effort the active theme’s developers have put into utilizing it. For the sake of this tutorial, we will be using our own\u00a0Neve<\/a> theme, which makes excellent\u00a0use of the Customizer.<\/p>\n